• SONAR
  • Is there a connection? (p.2)
2017/11/27 01:07:32
Hangdog Cat
Skyline_UK
The other day my desktop went 'big', i.e. much lower resolution. This was immediately followed by an automatic Windows 10 update.  I let the update carry on, restarted etc. and the resolution was still screwed and display preferences didn't even show the high res I usually have available.
I suppressed the panic urge and as a shot in the dark I rolled back the display driver - and all was well!  I can't escape the conclusion that the Windows update was the culprit, taking place as it did two or three seconds after the display went wrong.




THANK YOU! That happened to my computer too, and rolling back the display driver fixed the problem.
 
2017/11/27 01:24:35
Bflat5
deswind
How do you turn off the updates in Windows 10?




In the control panel go to administrative tools > services > scroll down to Windows Update and disable it.
2017/11/27 02:26:52
promidi
11Dreams
 if it's not broken it don't need to be fixed.


The trouble with that philosophy is that Microsoft might know that something is broken but you do not.  That's why Microsoft releases updates, to fix things they may have become aware of, but you have not.

Windows updates should remain enabled to fix security issues and bugs.  Just disable automatic updates of hardware drivers. If in the rare case that an update does bork Sonar, you can always uninstall just that update.
2017/11/27 03:27:59
deswind
Ok - how do you just disable updates of hardware drivers.  I did not see that choice.
THANKS in advance!
2017/11/27 03:34:21
promidi
One program I use is O&O ShutUp10:  This is available from here: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

Another program that has this as one of its functions as Winaero Tweaker 0.9.0.0 This is available from here: https://winaero.com/  
2017/11/27 08:33:49
JClosed
To turn off hardware driver updates only follow the instructions in this article (link below). If you have Windows 10 Pro I strongly advise to use the Local Policy Editor, because I think tweaking the registry has a chance to not survive a system update.
 
https://www.howtogeek.com...ting-hardware-drivers/
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